Pakistan
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4 Mar 2020Pakistan: Police contradict Aziz Memon post-mortem report
Country Pakistan State Sindh Violation Type Censorship Target General Public
Despite a post-mortem report detailing slain journalist Aziz Memon died from asphyxiation from a wire tied around his neck, Pakistan’s police declared on March 4 he died of “natural causes”.
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2 Mar 2020Pakistan: Exiled Pakistani journalist missing
Country Pakistan Violation Type Missing Target Journalist
Sajid Hussain, a Pakistani journalist granted political asylum in Sweden in 2017, is reported as missing.
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27 Feb 2020Pakistan : Anti-Taliban journalist gunned down in Swat Valley
Country Pakistan State Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Violation Type Killing Target Journalist
Javedullah Khan, the bureau chief for Urdu language newspaper Ausaf, was gunned down on February 25 in Matta, 40-kilometres northwest of Pakistan’s Swat Valley.